My condolences to you on your lost of your beloved cousin. Yes it is not easy at times when life goes on and we hardly get to contact each other.
I too lost a close cousin who watched me growing up (and he just got married and we used to go out as family outings as I was the youngest among the cousins) , and when suddenly he had stage 4 lung cancer and it spread so quickly I only managed to talk to him 30 minutes in the hospital before his condition worsen the next day and his journey on this Earth ends.
Indeed we should try our very best to keep in touch with the people that are close to us, be it relatives / friends.
Keep writing. Will look forward to see your other posts in the future.
Stay strong and keep smiling! You have a great smile.
@littlenewthings I appreciate your reply and thank you for sharing your personal story, sending my condolences to your loved one. I was told that as kids we were super close, because we were the eldest but when we grew up, we did not have much chance to connect until recently. Thank you for the words of encouragement. I will definitely keep writing! Will try about every topic that comes my way :)